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Sight sand
Large district town of Neuburg on the Danube
Coordinates: 48 ° 42 ′ 49 ″ N , 11 ° 9 ′ 22 ″ E
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| Residents : | 452 (Dec. 31, 2019) |
| Postal code : | 86633 |
| Area code : | 08431 |
Sehensand is an old parish village and belonged to the municipality of Feldkirchen in the administrative district of Upper Bavaria. During the regional reform, Sehensand became a district of the large district town of Neuburg an der Donau on January 1, 1978 and is about three kilometers away from the core city. On December 31, 2019, the district had 452 inhabitants. Sehensand belongs to the district of Feldkirchen.
history
The written traces of Sehensand lead back to the Pappenheimer Urbar . The village is first mentioned there in 1214. The place is surrounded by forest on three sides. This forest belt was once a manorial forest and is still a state forest today.
As early as 1500, Sehensand had 14 properties and only grew slowly. At that time the community already had its own herdsman who drove the animals to pasture. Although the place was not large, it was a separate “community” and around 1600 had two four-mans to represent it, around 1800 it was even the mayor with two other people. When the communities were formed in 1818 , Sehensand came to Feldkirchen and stayed there for 160 years, i.e. until 1978. There was never a school of its own in the town, after 1591 the school children had to trip to Wagenhofen every day . This corresponds to a walk of around three kilometers and simply required a route of more than half an hour.
In 1905 the statistics show 21 properties with 90 Catholics. At the end of the Second World War there were only 19 properties again. On the other hand, the provision of building land for one and two-family houses in 1950 increased sharply. At the same time, there was an influx of displaced persons and refugees. In 1985, Sehensand grew to 95 buildings. The Neuburg district had retained its village character, but the village changed nonetheless. Due to industrialization and the proximity to the city, there were and are now many commuters as employees.
Church history
The old church
Actually, the Sehensander wanted to demolish the previous one when building a new church, but this was not approved, and so it still stands today and is integrated into the entire church structure. The little church now serves as a burial room.
As is often the case in the area, it is a choir tower church, that is, the chancel is integrated in the basement. This masonry dates back to the 14th century. The octagonal tower tower was probably built in the second half of the 17th century.
The church has gradually become too small and so it was lengthened by 3.50 meters in the first quarter of the 18th century. At the same time the ship got a new stucco ceiling.
The little church felt the effects of the war in 1796. The French soldiers robbed and looted the church completely during the coalition wars. For new purchases of sacred objects 190 guilders had to be spent, which was an enormous sum for this time. In 1947 the interior was renovated.
On November 13, 1982, a renewed renovation of the church began, which lasted until September 12, 1983. This was the preparatory work for the planned new church building.
St. Stephen is the church patron. The church only allowed one altar in its size. The altarpiece dates from the first half of the 18th century. The oil painting shows the church patron St. Stephen as he is stoned. Above it the Most Holy Trinity. The gallery parapet is decorated with Christ, surrounded by the twelve apostles.
The parish
The Neuburg Benedictine convent "Our Lady" has been the religious reference point for the town of Sehensand since it was founded in 1000. A separate parish of Sehensand was only formed in 1591 . This was during the Reformation, when Elector Ottheinrich imposed Protestantism on the believers in his territory. At that time a pastor's helper came to Sehensand and Wagenhofen alternately on Sundays and public holidays to organize the services.
When Count Palatine Wolfgang Wilhelm returned to the Catholic religion, Sehensand was also re-Catholicized in 1617. After the last war, Sehensand was established as a branch of the Wagenhofen parish . Later she came to the parish of St. Peter, Neuburg and today belongs to the parish community of St. Peter and Holy Spirit Neuburg.
The long way to the new church
Sehensand grew in the post-war years due to its proximity to the city. As a result, St. Stephen's Church was much too small. A new church was planned, but it was a long and rocky road that took 15 years from planning to completion. Today the new church building is connected to the old church and surrounded by a neat cemetery.
In 1970 the first plans were discussed with the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation and the Diocesan Building Office. In 1971 the Munich architect Ludwig Spänle was commissioned to draw up a plan. In 1973 the plan was submitted to the District Office in Neuburg. But the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation refused to demolish the church.
Diocesan Bishop Josef Stimpfle visited the parish Sehensand on September 23, 1979 and got an idea of the new church. In 1981 the architect Spänle presented a new preliminary draft. On October 27, 1982, the city of Neuburg issued the building permit. The foundation stone was laid on April 11, 1984. On July 14, 1985, Bishop Stimpfle consecrated the Church. The construction costs amounted to 2.5 million DM, of which almost 2 million were taken over by the Episcopal Finance Chamber.
The inside of the church
Sacred objects are part of the interior decoration of every Catholic church. On March 25th the sacrament house and on March 28th the baptismal font were set up. It was the work of the sculptor Stöckle from Hohenfurch. In the wall niche there is a silk batik with baptismal symbols by Irene Schleer from Neuburg / Donau. The new statue of Our Lady is the work of the sculptor Robert Fischer. Next to it are four apostle candles.
The consecration of St. Stephen's Church also included the consecration of the altar . There the relics of the martyr Bartholomäus Chong Mun-ho and of St. John Maria Vianney , the holy “ pastor of Ars ” were immersed.
A quarter of a century later, Sehensand celebrated the 25th anniversary of the church with Monsignor Vitus Wengert from Neuburg in a double jubilee with the “Enzian” shooting club.
The bells
The Sehensander church tower houses three bells that were cast in Neuburg in 1663, 1664 and 1695. They too experienced their story of suffering from the war. The bell from 1663 ended up in the Hamburg bell cemetery during World War II and was demolished there. For a long time, the Sehensander had to be content with the bells from 1664 and 1695. In 1983 the bell could be extended back to the number three. The construction company Paul Pettmesser donated the bronze metal, which was consecrated to St. Stephen, the local church patron. The Perner company in Passau cast it and was consecrated by local pastor Ott on February 27, 1993. At the same time, the bell cage as well as the roof and the attic were also renovated.
The organ
The Sehensander had to wait thirty years for their organ . In 2004 a long-cherished wish finally came true. An organ worth 150,000 euros is the achievement that was solemnly consecrated on May 9th by the parish priest Vitus Wengert from Neuburg. Organ builder Franz Schreiner from Thierhaupten made the “Queen of Music”.
The console is made of maple and cherry wood, the play and stop action are purely mechanical. The organ has 14 registers with 844 pipes, 54 of which are made of wood. At 2.60 meters, the sub-bass pipe is the longest and at the same time the deepest. The smallest pipe measures just ten millimeters.
graveyard
A pretty cemetery is the anteroom to the entrance of the church. It also had to be redesigned so that enough space could be made available for a new church. A piece of land was purchased in 1979 for a purchase price of DM 70,000. The morgue had to give way and was demolished in 1982. The old church now serves as a place of burial.
On November 3rd, 1984 another striking stop. The cemetery got a new war memorial, which was made by the sculptor Karlheinz Torge, Ried bei Schrobenhausen. On this day the local priest, Pastor Ott, took over the consecration of the monument but also of the extended sacred area.
The quarry
Sehensand once had its reputation as a quarry. This was noted on a Bavarian map as early as 1568 and suggests its significance at the time. For the castle construction in Lauingen and for the monastery buildings in Kaisheim, the stones from Sehensand were supplied in the 15th century. When the Neuburger Hofkirche was built in around 1607, the stones were cut from the Sehensander Zitzelsberg.
The traces of rock mining can be traced until around 1900. The "Enzian-Schützen" seized the unique opportunity and bought the former quarry. On August 9, 1980, the riflemen invited for the first time under their direction to the mountain festival in the former quarry. The response was so good that people like to celebrate here again and again.
On the trail of the water
Most of the hidden treasures of Sehensand lie in the earth. The currently most important product, water, comes from the Sehensander corridor for Neuburg.
The large district town of Neuburg needed new water sources. In 1977, under the direction of the Bavarian Water Management Office, test drillings were therefore carried out for the first time in the Sehensander forest and a strong water vein was discovered at a depth of 220 meters. The city of Neuburg then built two deep wells in 1980/81. But the result was disappointing. The work was canceled.
Further experts have now been brought in. The engineering office IGI Niedermeyer from Westheim carried out numerous investigations in the Sehensander forest in 1983. Modern " dowsers " were used and aerial photo evaluations were carried out. But as great as the joy was, the results were so disappointing. The water drilling was a test of patience. It was not until 1985 that there was another positive finding of water. The amount and quality of the water was right this time.
But this was just the beginning. Now various building permits had to be obtained, and this again took up time. The preliminary planning for the new waterworks could not start until 1989 , in 1990 the water rights proceedings were initiated and the plant was sealed with an official inauguration ceremony on October 28, 1993.
Today 80 liters of water gush every second from a depth of 220 meters. In normal operation with two deep wells, 576 cubic meters are pumped per hour and pumped through a pressure line into the elevated tank on Donauwörther Straße. Sehensand has become an important waterway for the large district town of Neuburg.
The maypole custom
When it comes to the age-old custom of the maypole , then Sehensand has to be grouped with the newcomers. A maypole was raised here for the first time in 1937, then came the big break. It was not until 1993 that this custom came back into focus.
A spruce trunk with its 28 meters received a festive ornament. It was decorated with tables and wreaths, ceremoniously transported to the future stand, accompanied by the Sehensander musicians, and pushed up into the air. Everything was made mobile, the little ones enriched the "May celebration" with a band dance and the party continued until the early hours of the morning.
The maypole friends Neuburg-Schrobenhausen with Lechgebiet e. V. awarded the maypole. And it was hard to believe, in terms of beauty, it immediately took second place within the district.
But the forces of nature were not so well disposed towards this maypole wood. It had barely been there for four weeks when the storm bent the tree five meters below the top, so it had to be removed.
Despite all this, the maypole custom was well received and every two years a trunk like this is now repeatedly moved upright and of course also celebrated.
literature
- Festschrift Sankt Stephanus Sehensand near Neuburg an der Donau on the completion of the church building from 1983 to 1985. Catholic church administration 1986
- Historischer Verein Neuburg (Ed.): Neuburger Kollektaneenblatt , 27, 1861, pp. 40–43.
- Adam Horn, Werner Meyer : The art monuments of the city and district of Neuburg on the Danube. Commission publisher R. Oldenbourg, Munich 1958, pp. 687-689.
- Festschrift for the inauguration of the Neuburg waterworks in 1993 . Ed .: Stadtwerke Neuburg / Thu.
Web links
- Article Sehensand . In: GenWiki
Individual evidence
- ^ Population figures in the city of Neuburg an der Donau
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 601 .
- ^ Neuburg-Sehensand: When the church became too small , accessed on April 10, 2018.
Mountains | Bittenbrunn with Auschlösschen, Eulahof, Laisacker and Ziegelau | Bruck with Maxweiler and Rothheim | Feldkirchen with Altmannstetten , Gnadenfeld (Kahlhof) , Hardt and Sehensand | Forsthof | Heinrichsheim with citizens' mother | Herrenwörth | Joshofen | Neuburg an der Donau | Ried with Gietlhausen and Hessellohe | Zell with the hunting lodge Grünau , Rödenhof, Rohrenfeld and Marienheim